Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20111216:09:43:00
In 1943 what we used to call the war department took over two small towns in washington state. two towns called hanford and white bluffs. two farming communities on the banks of the columbia river. the people who lived in hanford and white bluffs were given a month or so to clear out completely. they were told to leave their homes, abandon their crops. some of the farmers burned their fields in protest. the people did not want to go. and that was not helped by the fact that the reason the government was taking their land was classified. but two years later on august 9th, 1945, the world learne...